Azerbaijani team to present "smart" shoes project at TEKNOFEST Int'l Festival in Baku

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 21. A project of "smart" shoes for disabled people will be presented at the TEKNOFEST International Aviation, Space and Technology Festival in Baku, Vafa Ojagverdiyeva, head of the Azerbaijani "Gambit" team, told Trend. According to Ojagverdiyeva, these shoes will be equipped with special sensors and detectors which will transmit information about obstacles through vibration. "People with visual impairments will be easily informed about any barriers they may encounter while moving," she said. Besides, according to the "Gambit" team’s captain Atilla Mammadov, electricity is needed to perform the function for which these shoes are intended. "The smart shoes will be equipped with an appropriate energy generation device to perform their function," he said. The team captain expressed confidence that "Gambit" will be able to achieve high results at the TEKNOFEST festival and take first place among the participants. The upcoming TEKNOFEST festival will be held in Azerbaijan on May 26-29, 2022. TEKNOFEST in Baku is held by the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan. At the same time, the TEKNOFEST production office operates in Baku. The full staff of the office consists of Azerbaijani specialists. The event has been held annually since 2018, with the joint organization of the Turkish Technology Team Foundation, which is managed by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology and the technical director of Baykar Makina, in partnership with more than 60 Turkish state institutions, universities and private companies. The goal is to popularize such areas as aviation, space industry and digital economy, to encourage entrepreneurship in these areas, to identify the knowledge and skills of young engineers through competitions organized within the framework of the festival, as well as to present national technologies to the general public. Trend News Agency, Day.Az, Milli.Az, Azernews, Eastweststream, Today.Az and Turkic.World are official media partners of TEKNOFEST.